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News on Geophysics

Does ice in the Universe contain the molecules making up the building blocks of life in planetary systems?

If you want to build a habitable planet, ice, carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen and sulphur. These…

Galaxy formation:

Early galaxy formation caught in the act with James Webb

Astronomers from the Cosmic Dawn Center have unveiled the nature of the densest region of galaxies…

Quantum physics

Danish quantum physicists make nanoscopic advance of colossal significance

In a new breakthrough, researchers at the University of Copenhagen, in collaboration with Ruhr…

Climate research:

The highest Greenland temperatures in 1000 years

Recent high temperatures on the ice sheet in central and northern Greenland lies are unique, when…

Cells use mechanical principles to integrate within existing tissues, new study shows

A new interdisciplinary study reveals how new cells join a tissue by reading mechanical information…

Cosmic explosions:

Astronomers discover enigmatic cosmic explosion

Astronomers from the Niels Bohr Institute played an important role in the study that may lead us to…

Dorthe Dahl Jensen 2022 Balzan prize winner

Congratulations to Dorthe Dahl Jensen for being awarded the 2022 Balzan prize

James Webb Space Telescope:

Farthest galaxy candidate yet known discovered by James Webb

These galaxies seem to be so massive that they challenge our understanding of how structure forms i…

Congratulations to Jiamei Lin

Congratulations to Jiamei Lin at Physics of Ice, Climate and Earth who successfully defended her Ph…

Cancer research:

New Discovery: A missing link of cancer defence

Danish scientists have revealed a mechanism, crucial to DNA repair in cells. This can fundamentally…